Noun: sete
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | sete |
| Pl. | sete; setar; seter |
Definite
| Sg. | setet; seten; seta |
| Pl. | seta; setane; setene |
Sample Sentences
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det syner seta etter henne i graset (you can see the imprint in the grass where she sat)
Nouns inflected like sete
sete,
Etymology
1. From different Old Norse terms. All of them are related to sitja (“to sit”), which is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (“to sit”).
2. * (neuter): From Old Norse sæti, whence partly also English seat. From Proto-Germanic *sētiją.
3. * (masculine): From the Old Norse suffix -seti, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *setô.
4. * (feminine): From Old Norse seta. See: Old Norse Nouns '
sæti', English Nouns '
seat', Old Norse Nouns '
seta'.
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